1962 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1962 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Agnes de Mille | Kwamina |
| Best Choreography | Joe Layton | No Strings |
| Best Choreography | Michael Kidd | Subways Are for Sleeping |
| Best Choreography | Dania Krupska | The Happiest Girl in the World |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Elliot Lawrence | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Pembroke Davenport | Kean |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Peter Matz | No Strings |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Herbert Green | The Gay Life |
| Best Costume Design | Motley | Kwamina |
| Best Costume Design | Miles White | Milk and Honey |
| Best Costume Design | Donald Brooks | No Strings |
| Best Costume Design | Lucinda Ballard | The Gay Life |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Joshua Logan | All American |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion | Carnival |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Abe Burrows | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Joe Layton | No Strings |
| Best Direction of a Play | Noel Willman | A Man for All Seasons |
| Best Direction of a Play | Tyrone Guthrie | Gideon |
| Best Direction of a Play | Jose Quintero | Great Day in the Morning |
| Best Direction of a Play | Donald McWhinnie | The Caretaker |
| Best Musical | Bob Merrill, Helen Deutsch, Michael Stewart | Carnival |
| Best Musical | Jack Weinstock, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Musical | Jerry Herman | Milk and Honey |
| Best Musical | Richard Rodgers | No Strings |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Frank Loesser | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Adler | Kwamina |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Herman | Milk and Honey |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Rodgers | No Strings |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Campanella | A Gift of Time |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Walter Matthau | A Shot in the Dark |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Godfrey M. Cambridge | Purlie Victorious |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Paul Sparer | Ross |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ray Bolger | All American |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Pierre Olaf | Carnival |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Severn Darden | From the Second City |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alfred Drake | Kean |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Richard Kiley | No Strings |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Orson Bean | Subways Are for Sleeping |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Paul Scofield | A Man for All Seasons |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Fredric March | Gideon |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Mills | Ross |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasence | The Caretaker |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbara Harris | From the Second City |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbra Streisand | I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Phyllis Newman | Subways Are for Sleeping |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Elizabeth Allen | The Gay Life |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Janet Margolin | Daughter of Silence |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zohra Lampert | Look, We've Come Through |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Pat Stanley | Sunday in New York |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's Mine |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Anna MariaAlberghetti | Carnival |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Anna Maria Alberghetti | Carnival |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Molly Picon | Milk and Honey |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Diahann Carroll | No Strings |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Diahann Carroll | No Strings |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Elaine Stritch | Sail Away |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kim Stanley | A Far Country |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Gladys Cooper | A Passage to India |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst | Great Day in the Morning |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Margaret Leighton | The Night of the Iguana |
| Best Play | Robert Bolt | A Man for All Seasons |
| Best Play | Paddy Chayefsky | Gideon |
| Best Play | Harold Pinter | The Caretaker |
| Best Play | Tennessee Williams | The Night of the Iguana |
| Best Scenic Design | Rouben Ter-Arutunian | A Passage to India |
| Best Scenic Design | Will Steven Armstrong | Carnival |
| Best Scenic Design | David Hays | No Strings |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | The Gay Life |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Robert Whitehead, Roger L. Stevens | A Man for All Seasons |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Arthur Cantor, Arthur Cantor, Fred Coe | Gideon |
| Producer (Dramatic) | David Merrick | Ross |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Viola Rubber, Charles Bowden | The Night of the Iguana |
| Producer (Musical) | David Merrick | Carnival |
| Producer (Musical) | Cy Feuer, Ernest Martin | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Producer (Musical) | Gerard Oestriecher | Milk and Honey |
| Producer (Musical) | Helen Bonfils, Haila Stoddard | Sail Away |
| Special Tony Award | Brooks Atkinson, Franco Zeffirelli, Richard Rodgers | |
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